In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union..

We have suffered unnumbered ills and crimes in the name of the Law of the Land. Our men, women, and children have suffered not only the basic brutali….

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life..

We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We a….

There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union. I….

We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them….

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us, so it is how we use our lives that determines….

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?.

We are convinced that non-violence is more powerful than violence. We are convinced that non-violence supports you if you have a just and moral cause….

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance..

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed..

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits a….

Society is made up of groups, and as long as the smaller groups do not have the same rights and the same protection as others - I don['t care whether….

I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out ….

You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read..

You know, if people are not pacifists, it's not their fault. It's because society puts them in that spot. You've got to change it. You don't just cha….

If you are interested in preventing animal suffering, the first thing you should give up is eggs and milk, because the animals who produce those food….

Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few.….

Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no o….

The consumer boycott is the only open door in the dark corridor of nothingness down which farm workers have had to walk for many years. It is a gate ….

When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human..